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Khashoggi Fiancé Calls for United Nations Special Rapporteur on Saudi Arabia, Citing Need for Human Rights Scrutiny and Justice

On 10 March 2020, No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) convened a Panel discussion on “Human rights crisis in Saudi Arabia”, organized with the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH). Hatice Cengiz, “Justice for Jamal” campaign and fiancé of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi; Agnes Callamard, United Nations ...

March 10, 2020

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No Shortages in Medical Supplies to Fight Novel Coronavirus: WHO

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the organization ‘has not identified any imminent specific shortages’ in medical supplies to fight COVID-19, as countries around the world scramble to gather protective medical supplies. EU officials have stressed the importance of a coordinated response but major members like Germany and France have ...

March 9, 2020

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USA and France Dramatically Increase Major Arms Exports; Saudi Arabia is Largest Arms Importer, Says SIPRI

International transfers of major arms during the five-year period 2015–19 increased by 5.5 per cent compared with 2010–14. According to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the largest exporters of arms during the past five years were the United States, Russia, France, Germany and China. The ...

March 9, 2020

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‘This is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges World to Take Virus More Seriously

World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in the United States where medical workers sounded warnings over a “disturbing” lack of hospital preparedness. Global markets tumbled again over concerns about the impact on the economy and ...

March 6, 2020

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Coronavirus More Deadly than Flu but Containable: WHO’s Tedros

About 3.4% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have died, far above seasonal flu’s fatality rate of under 1%, but the novel coronavirus can be contained, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a Geneva news conference: “To summarize, COVID-19 spreads less efficiently ...

March 3, 2020

World

The top UN envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffith

Consultative Meeting to Be Held in Amman, Jordan, on 26-27 February 2020

The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) is hosting a consultative meeting with a group of Yemeni public and political figures in Amman, Jordan, on 26-27 February 2020. The meeting brings together a diverse group of Yemeni stakeholders, both men and women, including members of ...

February 25, 2020

World

WHO Sounds Alarm over Africa Coronavirus Preparedness

The World Health Organization warned Saturday that African health systems would be ill-equipped to respond to the deadly coronavirus outbreak should cases start to proliferate on the continent. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on African Union member states “to come together to be more aggressive in attacking” the virus, ...

February 22, 2020

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UNSMIL Hopes to Resume Second Round of Talks of Libyan Joint Military Commission

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hopes to resume the second round of talks of the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5), while expressing its strong and renewed condemnation of the bombing of Tripoli’s seaport yesterday by the Libyan National Army, which resulted in a number of casualties and ...

February 19, 2020

World

Briefing of Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General for Yemen to Security Council Open Session

The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, Antonio Gueterres, briefed the open session of the security council, tackling the latest developments in the Arab country facing a five-year Saudi-led aggression. What follows is the text of the briefing: Thank you very much Mr. President, thank you Members of ...

February 18, 2020

World

WHO Adviser Says Wuhan Coronavirus Could Infect Two-Thirds of World’s Population

As of Thursday, the number of registered Wuhan coronavirus infections topped 65,213, while the death toll from the disease outbreak has risen to 1486. An advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) tracking the transmissibility of the new coronavirus warned that two-thirds of the world’s population could be infected with ...

February 14, 2020